Example sentences of "[modal v] as [adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long time officials , lay officials , staff at the organization , you might as well face up to the fact colleagues , a lot of you will have to go . |
| 2 | ‘ Might as well bring out several colours of that cordeeroy , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Might as well stock up . |
| 4 | And er so er er I said to my friend , like me pals I said , Well look we we have n't been in the Army a year , so we 've got to be in two more years before it comes our turn our turn to be demobilized , so we just might as well sign up for a couple year , get two months leave and twenty quid , because we shall do that if we do n't . |
| 5 | It 's no crime and they 'd have known anyway , but you might as well hold on to your dignity if you can . |
| 6 | I might as well go through on this , I was gon na go in that one . |
| 7 | Still , if it 's going to help Mrs Markham to get better , I might as well go on . |
| 8 | ‘ Once you start thinking like that , ’ said Lili , ‘ you might as well go round dressed up like Whistler 's mother . ’ |
| 9 | So I thought if I er But I was beginning to get a bit worried so I thought well I might as well go up because I shall start to worry and things get out of proportion with me you see ? |
| 10 | Oh well you might as well go up there had n't you ? |
| 11 | But you yourself would be even more upset if somebody said to you : " Since your vision is now not absolutely perfect , you might as well go around with your eyes tight shut until you find your glasses again . " |
| 12 | ‘ Might as well go back and finish him off , ’ says Iain . |
| 13 | ‘ If we get them to write down their names and where they 're staying , they might as well go back to their hotels . |
| 14 | ‘ In that case , ’ he murmured , ‘ I might as well go back to my fishing . |
| 15 | She might as well go down , have a pre-dinner drink with Sally and see if her father was home yet . |
| 16 | You might as well go down there because you , you just might see something down there . |
| 17 | I said oh come on , we might as well go down and have a look . |
| 18 | Well I just thought I 'd go over now and I might as well go down the shop when |
| 19 | Might as well go out big might n't we ? |
| 20 | Oh then I might as well go out and buy |
| 21 | The businessman might as well go off and start his own photographic processor , print shop , or plumbing company but for the initial advice on how to run the organisation . |
| 22 | Might as well go in for a bit because . |
| 23 | When voices started rising and violence seemed inevitable , Kalchu told me that it would n't be resolved for hours and , rather than waiting around in the cold on the off-chance of getting some meat , we might as well set out for home . |
| 24 | And if they had to brave that to make a phone call , they might as well press on for home . |
| 25 | The first time he went down there he set , set a had to take the waters out , you know , said you 've done it before ai n't you said yeah I did it in in para 's and the bloke said yeah , right he said erm well there 's not a lot I can teach you senior N C O's he said you might as well piss off down the pub , I 'll see you later |
| 26 | Clara , uninvited , thought she might as well step in , so she did . |
| 27 | She took the flower-filled trug from Dr Neil , admired the blooms , adding briskly , ‘ Come along , McAllister ; you might as well make up for lost time , ’ and all three of them walked into the parlour , Matey and McAllister of necessity , since it was their only indoor access to the kitchen . |
| 28 | ‘ No , it means that once you 're caught in those waves you might as well give up . ’ |
| 29 | If the House were to follow Palmerston blindly , they ‘ might as well give up talking about science and art and the beautification of the metropolis ’ . |
| 30 | Unless I get to her before they pay up we might as well give up looking ‘ |